they gave me 2 boxes (2 weeks worth) of this Align, probiotic, as a sample. the doctor stressed repeatedly that it isn't in place of medicine, just a "little extra." still just wondering if anyone else has heard of it or used it? the Gi believes in probiotics, but only certain ones, including this one, apparently...30/Female/NCPancolitis dx 3/079 Colazal a day (was on 12 Asacol/day, but suddenly got sick from it)150mg Imuran/day (steroid dependent, reached this dose 9/07) Various vitamins, bit of fish oil, a probiotic.Getting married October, 2008!!!!

From what I can tell after googling it, Align has a different, patented type of bacteria in it. Best guess is that the doc likes it because there's been some clinical research done on it. Knowing the way things work in the medical world, it's probably also because the company has been pitching it to doctors and it's the one he knows the most about.

I'm interested to hear how well it works for you. I'll be keeping my fingers crossed that it really does the trick!